AN INDEPENDENCE FROM EUROPEFormer UK MEP Mike Nattrass

EU attempts to rule the waves should be sunk

“The nation that gave birth to Drake, Cook, and
Nelson, might know a thing or two about the sea,” says Mike
Nattrass MEP.

The European Union, however, wants to take over how we manage
our nautical affairs with its ‘Integrated Maritime
Policy’.

At present, 95% of Europe’s exports are taken away by
sea, and 40 per cent of the population lives in coastal areas,
and so the way in which we manage our shipping is absolutely
vital.

Mr Nattrass, a member of the European Parliament’s
Transport and Tourism Committee, however, doubts that Brussels is
up to the job.

“They talk about drawing on best practices from the
Common Fisheries Policy but the CFP is an absolute
disaster,” said the UKIP MEP.

“Fish stocks are being depleted by illegal fishing, dead
fish are thrown back into the sea because skippers are not
allowed to land them, and fishermen are being laid off as the
industry sinks into oblivion.

“Now they want to tell us how to manage our shipping -
thanks, but no thanks!"

The Meissner Report “Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) -
Evaluation of progress made and new challenges” is being
debated by the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week, and
the parliament will decide if it will continue to support the
concept.

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